Variations on a Cuban Theme
Yusa Haiku (Tumi Music TUMI 143, 2008) I had to do a bit of memory jogging and digging through my collection when I received this…
Sergio Mendes Goes on Tour in June 2008 to promote New Album Encanto
Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes will be touring the west Coast of the United States to promote his new recording, Encanto. Mendes spins his remarkable magic…
In Gods We Trust
The Ipanemas Call of the Gods (Far Out Recordings FARO 127 CD, 2008) Like it or not, a band called the Ipanemas is bound to…
Diaspora London Music Village Festival Returns to Hyde Park in 2008
The summer Music Village – Europe’s longest-running festival of world cultures – makes an immediate return to London’s Hyde Park Saturday 12 & Sunday 13…
21st Century Bossa Sensation Sabrina Malheiros Releases New Morning
Following her best-selling debut album ‘Equilibria‘, singer-songwriter Sabrina Malheiros returns with New Morning (Far Out FARO131CD, 2008), an album of 21st century bossa – soul…
Summerworld Brings World Music to Toronto in July 2008
Toronto, Canada – The Summerworld music series will take place from July 8 to 18. Continuing the tradition of discovery, Summerworld blazes a trail once…
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 Make West coast Debut at Grand Performances’ California Plaza
The youngest son of Nigerian world music icon Fela Kuti will be performing at Grand Performances’ California Plaza Friday, June 20 at 8 pm. Seun…
PowerFX Releases All Them Beats
Stockholm, Sweden– PowerFX, the leading online distributor of loops and samples, unveiled this week All Them Beats, a definitive beat resource boasting more than 430…
Amos Hoffman releases Evolutin worldwide June 23rd
Guitar and oud player Amos Hoffman, who has been performing and recording as a member of Avishai Cohen’s band for more than two decades, will…
Fourth Annual Afrofunk Festival Returns to San Francisco in 2008
San Francisco (California), USA – Afrobeat is dense, funky, intricately-layered, groove-heavy music with an intrinsic message – delivered through polyrhythmic beats, the sweat of the…